Vladimir Antyufeyev
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Vladimir Antyufeev (Владимир Антюфеев), also known under his assumed names Vladimir Aleksandrov and Vladimir Shevtsov (born on February 19, 1951) is the minister of state security of Transnistria. He is a Transnistrian citizen of Russian origin born in Novosibirsk, in Siberia[1] who grew up in Magadan. Among the purposes of the Ministry of State Security (MGB, short for Ministerstvo Gosudrstvennoi Bezopasnosti) of Transnistria are intelligence and counter-intelligence.
Antyufeyev is a former Deputy Department Chief of the Latvian SSR police and major of Riga's OMON (Special Purpose Militia Detachments), an MVD unit. He was indicted by the Latvian authorities of "crimes against the state", for allegedly attempting a coup d'état.[2]
According to Antyufeev, he was assigned by Viktor Alksnis to strengthen Transnistria's security forces in 1992, under the name "Shevtsov". His real name was revealed in 1997 by the general of 14th Army, Aleksandr Lebed.[2]
The Prosecutor of Moldova indicted him in 2004 for crimes against the Moldovan state and freeing a subaltern who was accused of several assassinations.[2] Also in 2004, the European Union included him on a list of Transnistrians banned for travel within the EU space.[1]
Vladimir Antyufeev is married to Galina Antyufeyeva, a congresswoman who, as a member of Transnistria's parliament, is head of the committee on legislation.
Antyufeev has stated that the purpose of his life is "to keep this land [i.e. Transnistria] for Russia". [3]
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- ^ a b Official Journal of the European Union, "Council Common Position 2004/179/CFSP" 23 February 2004
- ^ a b c (Romanian) BBC: Ministrul securităţii din Transnistria urmărit penal, 27 September 2004
- ^ (Russian) Olvia
